Curly Tail Clouser

Here is a variation of a Clouser that adds a lot of a action to the fly. By using a soft plastic grub it creates lots of fish attracting action. My buddy Scott Bridges, who is a well know striper guide on Lake Texoma turned me on to this pattern. I changed it up a bit to incorporate a rattle and make the fly a little bigger over all. You can mix and match colors. I have one that is solid chartreuse with a glow in the dark tail. The best thing about tying flies is your the creator so you can make it your way.

The materials needed. Notice the ball point pen.

 Take the pen apart and take the spring out.

Take a brass worm rattle and slide the 

pen spring over it.

Next secure it with thread wraps.

Next you'll use a bucktail teaser 

and some mylar tubing. 

Slide the rattle into the mylar tubing 

and tie off the end.

Take some amnesia or other strong mono 

and thread it through the bucktail teaser 

to pull the mylar tubing through.

It will look like this.

Continue pulling it all the way to the top and 

grab your plastic grub.

You will want to cut the grub down to size. 

You only need about 1/3rd of an inch of body. 

Now screw the grub onto the pen springso it looks
like this. The cork screw design of the spring will
hold the grub during casting and fish strikes. 

I'm using a 2/0 EC 60 degree jig hook, tie in

the mylar tubing and cut off the excess.

Attach your eyes and the rest is just

like tying any Clouser.

And your done. If the curly tail gets bitten off or you want
 to change colors all you have to do is unscrew
 it off the pen spring and put a new one on.